Photos: The Los Feliz building where Walt Disney once made magic
The Kingswell Building at Vermont and Kingswell avenues in Los Feliz, home of Disney Bros. Studio from 1923 to 1926, can lay claim to being the birthplace of the world’s largest entertainment company.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)D.J. Chavez, a retired pro skateboarder who co-owns Kingswell, a skateboard boutique and tattoo parlor in the Los Feliz building that was home to Disney Bros. Studio, believes that Walt Disney may have set his hand on this wooden post in the middle of his store.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)At Extra Copy in Los Feliz, the walls are covered in images of Disney characters and other items honoring the building’s history.
(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)Marine Ter-Pogosyan, owner of Los Feliz photocopy shop Extra Copy, with a mural of Disney characters that Ter-Pogosyan said was painted by a customer.
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